The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-05-03
Industrial and Business Notes.

T. c. Atkins & Co. have. within the last day
two. shipped their band saws to Cuba, Brazil
and Australia.
Comstock & Coonss last week shipped car
load of pumps to Saco. Me-. and another carload
to New Mexico
The Indianapolis Stove Company are building
stove for heating purposes especially adapted
to burning natural gas.
the contract for the iron work on the new court
house at Vlncennes. Ind.
lockwood & Newcomb yesterday shipped two
of their double '-E" saw mills to St Louis. and
third to northern Michigan.
The town of Attica has contracted with Dean
brothers, of this city. to furnish the pumping
engine for supplying them with water.
Dean Brothers yesterday closed the contract
for all the pumping machinery for two blast
furnaces now building at Sheffield, ALA.
The American Paper Pulley Company yester
day made shipment of their pulleys to New
Hampshire and another to New York city.
Charles L. Black. carriage manufacturer, yes
terday shipped one of his new-style two seated
carriages to South America, and another to old
Mexico.
The week opens well with the encaustic tile
works. Yesterday they received orders for till
ing from San Francisco, Philadelphia and New
KIRK city.
Parties are negotiating for ground near the
naeable iron works Haughyille, on which to
erect extensive furniture factory. which will
give employment to $50 or more persons.
mills report that since the Ist of January they
have done business than in the first six
months OF 1856. and it is still the increase
The Indianapolis cabinet works are crowded
with orders. and working hundred and fifty
men. Last week they shipped a number of fine
otfce-desks to Mexico. to be placed in railroad
Offices.
Last month Chandler & Taylor shipped one of
their stationary engines 20 Boston, two to Gin
cinnat, one to Detroit and two to St. Louis. in
every to be used by manufacturers of ma
chInery.
The wooden mills in this city are highly pros-
porous. They working full handed. With
in the last week Geisendorf & Co. have shipped
their goods to Chicago. Milwaukee. Philadelphia,
Syracuse, Binchamton. and Buffalo
4. Balweg & Co. box manufacturers, are now
working don Die the number of men they did one
year ago. This company now furnish all the
boxes that Kingan Il Co. and Coffin, Green
street & Fletcher use in boxing their meats for
shipment.
There is no truth in the repor: that the T. D.
& S. elevator is to be closed to business. Just
there but little doing. and none of the
elevators running half the time. but when
there is any business, the l., d. 81 S. elevator
will be in full operation.
st the INDIANAPOLIS malleable iron works there
are a number of boys employed who work by
the piece, and on little castings they make
good wages as do most of the men, the most
sprighty and brightest OF them often earning
from 81 TO S. per day.
The companies which propose to form the
pool havs. by purchase or otherwise, secured
control of all the ice houses here and will sell
only to those within the pool The ice firm
which holds aloof from the pool will draw it's
supplies from the northern lakes
The Kimberlin Manufacturing Company have
completed the addition to their works on Garden
street. and now have building one hundred feet
length by sixty IN width. three stories high
which will enable them to increase the number
of employees to meet their increase In business.
The first new brick of this years manufacture
IN IN ha arkA fS hat
there is not brick OF last years make now I'M
sold. and nearly all have been delivered. This
is the first time since 1878 that the market has
been cleared of brick of the previous years man
ufaeture when new brick came in.